Met Police confirm London museum incident was 'an accident' as 11 people are injured

Eleven people have been injured and a man has been detained by police after a car ploughed into pedestrians in one of London's busiest tourist areas.
By The Newsroom
Published 7th Oct 2017, 16:05 BST
Updated 12th Dec 2017, 13:03 BST
Passengers have been injured after a car reportedly mounted the pavement outside the Natural History Museum in London.Passengers have been injured after a car reportedly mounted the pavement outside the Natural History Museum in London.
Passengers have been injured after a car reportedly mounted the pavement outside the Natural History Museum in London.

Video footage posted on Twitter showed a man being restrained on the ground by members of the public after the incident near the Natural History Museum (NHM) in South Kensington on Saturday afternoon. However, Met Police have since confirmed that the incident was a road traffic accident.